| LC control no. | n 86125387 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 |
| Variant(s) | Clayton, John Middleton, 1796-1856 Clayton, Mr. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 |
| Birth date | 1796-07-24 |
| Death date | 1856-11-09 |
| Place of birth | Dagsboro (Del.) |
| Place of death | Dover (Del.) |
| Affiliation | Yale College (1718-1887) United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate United States. Department of State United States. Congress. Senate National Republican Party (U.S.) Whig Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Kinney family. Papers, 1783-1900 (John M. Clayton) LC data base, 2-19-87 (hdg.: Clayton, John Middleton, 1796-1856) manual cat. (US Senator, Del.; usage: John M. Clayton) DAB (Clayton, John Middleton; 1796-1856; farmer, lawyer, statesman; s. James Clayton & Sarah Middleton; m. Sarah Ann Fisher; law practice, Georgetown & Dover, Del.; memb. US Sen.; Sec. state under Taylor) Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware ... 1832. Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed March 24, 2020 (Clayton, John Middleton, (nephew of Joshua Clayton, cousin of Thomas Clayton, and great-granduncle of C. Douglass Buck), a Senator from Delaware; born in Dagsboro, Sussex County, Del., July 24, 1796; pursued preparatory studies at academies in Berlin, Md., and Milford, Del., and graduated from Yale College in 1815; studied law at the Litchfield Law School; admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Dover; member, State house of representatives 1824; secretary of State of Delaware 1826-1828; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the United States Senate in 1829; reelected in 1835 and served from March 4, 1829, until December 29, 1836, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses); chief justice of Delaware 1837-1839; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1845, until February 23, 1849, when he resigned to accept a Cabinet position; Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Zachary Taylor 1849-1850; while Secretary of State negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty with Great Britain; again elected as a Whig (later Opposition Party) to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1853, until his death in Dover, Del., November 9, 1856; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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